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Bartleby, The Scrivener

By (author) Herman Melville

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Herman Melville's enduringly comic and affecting tale of a man who takes quiet quitting to extreme limits A new office clerk in a Wall Street lawyer's office is the cause for quiet dismay when he refuses to do his job. But how to deal with Bartleby, The Scrivener, especially when he refuses to leave the office altogether.... BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

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Normally shipped | Forthcoming
Publisher | Vintage Publishing
Published date | 2 Jul 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 144
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 200g
ISBN | 978-1-5299-8146-9
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BISAC | fiction / classics
Expected | 25 Aug 2026

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